Baby squirrels released from tangle of tails in Wisconsin

A wildlife protection center in the United States saved five young gray squirrels after their tails merged.

The brothers and sisters were entangled in the grass and plastic strips that their mother used to build the family nest.

They were handed over to the Wisconsin Humane Society Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, which was working to save their tail and maybe even their lives.

The five were free of scissors under anesthesia.

Squirrels need their tail for balance and warmth, so it was important to try to preserve them as much as possible, said the center on its Facebook page.

"You can imagine how frightened and agonizing this scared squirrel energy ball was and unruly (and nippy!), So our first step was to anesthetize all five at the same time," said the center.

"With that accomplished, we started working on the" Gordian Knot "(Google it) tight tails and nesting material.

"It was impossible to tell who the tail belonged to, and we were more and more concerned because everyone was suffering from varying degrees of tail tissue damage caused by circulatory impairment."

Even though they were a little less resistant to wear, the tails were separated from the grass and plastic in about 20 minutes.

The creatures will soon be free to resume a life without entanglement in nature, said the center.